Schools & Colleges
Supporting American Heart Association and Go Red for Women
UConn Health was a proud sponsor of the recent Greater Hartford Go Red for Women Luncheon and Wellness Showcase at CT Convention Center April 4, 2017.
‘100 Birds’ to Descend on the Ballard
A magical and whimsical, if not slightly chaotic, group of birds have flocked to the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry! 100 Birds follows Jada Jones, captain of her middle school’s basketball team, who finds out that her school doesn’t have the money to get the team to their playoff game. The 100 Birds, an […]
BCLC Freshmen Take Charge
Last month's Target Case Study Competition at the UConn School of Business left a lasting impression on the judges, who were impressed by both the organizers and the School of Business.
Retired Judge Shira Scheindlin Speaks on Race and Policing
From the enforcement of slavery laws to recent shootings of young, unarmed black men, policing in the United States has always targeted and punished racial minorities disproportionately, retired Judge Shira A. Scheindlin told an audience Tuesday at UConn School of Law. Scheindlin, the 2017 Day Pitney Visiting Scholar, traced the history of racial bias in […]
Teaching in Turbulent Times: Inspiring Dialogue Among Educators
Faculty in the Neag School teacher education program this March brought together more than 70 people — from current students and alumni to local educators and school administrators — for an interactive discussion focused on the theme of “Teaching in Turbulent Times.” Prompted by ongoing discussion in recent months among faculty and educators about political divides surfacing in today’s classrooms, the event — led by Dorothea Anagnostopoulos, executive director of teacher education at the Neag School — was intended to serve as an opportunity for a diverse range of people in the education field to network and speak openly, offering suggestions and concerns.
HackUConn 2017 Participants Create Allergy Solutions
More than 80 UConn Students came together at the hackathon to address problems associated with allergies and anaphylaxis.
High School Students Prepare for Possible Health Care Careers
A UConn Health lecture series designed to expose high school students to career paths they previously may not have considered is now in its third decade.
Stem Cell Fabric Innovation Regrows Rotator Cuffs
A team of researchers from UConn Health has found a way to regenerate rotator cuff tendons after they’re torn, using a nano-textured fabric seeded with stem cells.
Kennelly Partnership With Neag School Serves as National Model
The Neag School of Education has long dedicated itself to providing aspiring educators with in-depth, firsthand experience in the classroom as part of its rigorous teacher education program. Its partners include numerous schools across the state of Connecticut at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. For the past 10 years, E.B. Kennelly, a public neighborhood elementary school in Hartford, Conn., has been one of those school partners — and an exemplary one at that, having been recognized this past year with the National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER) Richard W. Clark Exemplary Partner School Award for 2016. The award recognizes a partner school collaboration that is advancing the complex work of developing, sustaining, and renewing partner schools.
Puerto Rican & Latin@ Studies Project Host Cafe Con Leche
Recently, the Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Project (PRLSP) hosted a Legislative Breakfast entitled “Café con Leche” with the Puerto Rican and Black Caucus at the Capitol building. The main objective of this meeting was to discuss issues and concerns affecting the “lived experiences” of Latin@s in Connecticut. The Puerto Rican Caucus and PRLSP discussed several […]